DC invites us to go completely batty

Marvel dominates the superhero genre; these heroes (and villains) have work to do

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Long gone are the days when Warner Bros could bat away (pun unintended but very welcome) competition for ‘best superhero game’. With 2021 coming to a close we’ve had two critically acclaimed Spider-Man games (with another on the way), a surprise Guardians Of The Galaxy adventure, and a fanbase going hyper over the mere mention of a Wolverine game.

In short, Marvel is gobbling up all the videogame headlines, purchases, and chatter. DC Fandome, DC’s major online event, was this year used as a not-so-secret weapon for it and Warner in the war for attention. There was plenty of non-gaming news (including a movie trailer in which Robert Pattinson’s Batman says “When that light hits the sky…” and we expected him to continue “…like a big pizza pie”), but it was also used to get as many eyes as possible on new trailers for Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League and Gotham Knights.